Guild Wars 2

Bishop.6120:

Anet, please remove the annoying SMS prompt on login. The subdued “Ask Me Later” is a cheesy marketing tactic that is beneath you and spoils your legacy. I feel like you are coercing me into giving out my cell number.

I didn’t give ANet my phone number and I have two-step authorization.

I hope that they don’t force it, either. But what can you do if they do? You can either stop playing or do it.
I have a dynamic IP, and from time to time I get asked to verify my login, already. I couldn’t imagine if I had to verify it further, as frequently, or more so.

It’s a system with faults (but what isn’t?). For some people it works, and they like it. I see no problem with that. For some people, it seems a bit much, and I see no problem with that, either. I definitely don’t see any point to bickering back and forth about it. Some people don’t mind it/like it. Some people don’t. What other people do with their information has no bearing on anybody’s lives but their own.

paintpixie.7398:

I hope that they don’t force it, either. But what can you do if they do? You can either stop playing or do it.
I have a dynamic IP, and from time to time I get asked to verify my login, already. I couldn’t imagine if I had to verify it further, as frequently, or more so.

It’s a system with faults (but what isn’t?). For some people it works, and they like it. I see no problem with that. For some people, it seems a bit much, and I see no problem with that, either. I definitely don’t see any point to bickering back and forth about it. Some people don’t mind it/like it. Some people don’t. What other people do with their information has no bearing on anybody’s lives but their own.

It is however more then just bickering back and forth or people who have issue like you or not. It is bout the fact that people still get hacked. Those people are the cause of goldspammers and bots in the game. The fact remain that people with two-way authentication are not as easy to be hacked. If a breach of security would just mean that your account is robbed empty, I wouldnt care if anyone would use two way authentication (except myself, cause I dont want to get hacked myself), but the problem is that an hacked account is harmfull for the community cause they are used for botting and hacking. So if you got hacked and I get pm-ed by your account with spam, it does hurt me.

That is why it should be enforced for everyone, even those who dont care bout their security themself.

As for the amount of time it happens. The game learns IP-ranges. I can iamgine (but not sure) they allow bigger ranges with 2 way authentication accounts. So then in your case it shouldnt be needed as often.
But more important. It is good practise by administrators of DHCP-services (the server giving a dynamic IP-adress). to make several smaller pools and segment your network. If an ISP isn’t doing that, I would have serious doubts bout the overall quality of the provider.

mercury ranique.2170:

But more important. It is good practise by administrators of DHCP-services (the server giving a dynamic IP-adress). to make several smaller pools and segment your network. If an ISP isn’t doing that, I would have serious doubts bout the overall quality of the provider.

That may be so. Hehe. But, sadly, when you live out in the middle of nowhere, you take what you can get as far as internet options go.

I also see what you’re saying about authentication. But I also think that the people who dislike it, have valid points and concerns as well.

What I find more surprising, (now that this thread has got me thinking) is the amount of people who don’t hesitate to register a credit card on a gaming site or any other site. But ask them to give out their phone number, and that’s the end of the world, I guess.

In the end, everybody involved has a vested interest in keeping this information private (excluding hackers, etc…). Companies don’t want to be on the news as a recently hacked company, because it looks bad on them. And people don’t want their accounts stolen, either. And to that end, you have to do what you have to do, either as an individual or a company. But the point at which it becomes more of a burden on the consumer…is a line you want to tread carefully as a company, too.

since launch, i never once had someone logon my account from oversea….

how did others got their account pw and mail known?

Some use less secure passwords or use the same passwords on multiple accounts, forums, and other sites. A more complex password only used on a single GW2 account increases security substantially.

My only concern with using SMS and the reason I haven’t set it up yet is cost. Do I have to pay to get the codes?

mercury ranique.2170:

paintpixie.7398:

I hope that they don’t force it, either. But what can you do if they do? You can either stop playing or do it.
I have a dynamic IP, and from time to time I get asked to verify my login, already. I couldn’t imagine if I had to verify it further, as frequently, or more so.

It’s a system with faults (but what isn’t?). For some people it works, and they like it. I see no problem with that. For some people, it seems a bit much, and I see no problem with that, either. I definitely don’t see any point to bickering back and forth about it. Some people don’t mind it/like it. Some people don’t. What other people do with their information has no bearing on anybody’s lives but their own.

It is however more then just bickering back and forth or people who have issue like you or not. It is bout the fact that people still get hacked. Those people are the cause of goldspammers and bots in the game. The fact remain that people with two-way authentication are not as easy to be hacked. If a breach of security would just mean that your account is robbed empty, I wouldnt care if anyone would use two way authentication (except myself, cause I dont want to get hacked myself), but the problem is that an hacked account is harmfull for the community cause they are used for botting and hacking. So if you got hacked and I get pm-ed by your account with spam, it does hurt me.

That is why it should be enforced for everyone, even those who dont care bout their security themself.

As for the amount of time it happens. The game learns IP-ranges. I can iamgine (but not sure) they allow bigger ranges with 2 way authentication accounts. So then in your case it shouldnt be needed as often.
But more important. It is good practise by administrators of DHCP-services (the server giving a dynamic IP-adress). to make several smaller pools and segment your network. If an ISP isn’t doing that, I would have serious doubts bout the overall quality of the provider.

The system remembers IP ranges based on the the subnet mask. So if your IP you are logging in from has a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and your IP address is 50.251.32.56, it will remember the range of 50.251.32.0 thu 50.251.32.255. If your subnet mask of your IP address is 255.0.0.0, then it will remember the range of the last 3 octets, so using same address as above it would remember 50.0.0.0 through 50.255.255.255.

Serious.6940:

Some use less secure passwords or use the same passwords on multiple accounts, forums, and other sites. A more complex password only used on a single GW2 account increases security substantially.

My only concern with using SMS and the reason I haven’t set it up yet is cost. Do I have to pay to get the codes?

You do not have to pay. If you use SMS texting on your phone it will use a Text message if you are limited on your texting plan or charged per text on your cell phone service. If you have unlimited texting, or have a texting limit that is high that you never use all of it anyways then you do not have to worry about any extra charges from your phone company.

Otherwise you can also use voice call SMS, where you answer your phone and an automated voice gives you the code. This is also free.

Or you can use an authenticator on your computer or smartphone, free download, and use that. This option is also free.

There is no charges for this extra security.